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Costa Rica
COUNTRY #1
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Compare Costa Rica and DR Congo health profiles including life expectancy history, causes of death and population dynamics side by side. Health Data used is WHO, World Bank and the United Nations for population.

DR Congo
COUNTRY #2
Afghanistan Albania Algeria Angola Antigua/Bar. Arab Emirates Argentina Armenia Australia Austria Azerbaijan Bahamas Bahrain Bangladesh Barbados Belarus Belgium Belize Benin Bhutan Bolivia Bosnia/Herzeg. Botswana Brazil Brunei Bulgaria Burkina Faso Burundi Cambodia Cameroon Canada Cape Verde Central Africa Chad Chile China Colombia Comoros Congo Costa Rica Cote d Ivoire Croatia Cuba Cyprus Czech Republic Denmark Djibouti Dominican Rep. DR Congo Ecuador Egypt El Salvador Equ. Guinea Eritrea Estonia Ethiopia Fiji Finland France Gabon Gambia Georgia Germany Ghana Greece Grenada Guatemala Guinea Guinea-Bissau Guyana Haiti Honduras Hungary Iceland India Indonesia Iran Iraq Ireland Israel Italy Jamaica Japan Jordan Kazakhstan Kenya Kiribati Kuwait Kyrgyzstan Laos Latvia Lebanon Lesotho Liberia Libya Lithuania Luxembourg Madagascar Malawi Malaysia Maldives Mali Malta Mauritania Mauritius Mexico Micronesia Moldova Mongolia Montenegro Morocco Mozambique Myanmar Namibia Nepal Netherlands New Guinea New Zealand Nicaragua Niger Nigeria No Macedonia North Korea Norway Oman Pakistan Panama Paraguay Peru Philippines Poland Portugal Qatar Romania Russia Rwanda Saint Lucia Saint Vincent Samoa Sao Tome Saudi Arabia Senegal Serbia Seychelles Sierra Leone Singapore Slovakia Slovenia Solomon Isl. Somalia South Africa South Korea South Sudan Spain Sri Lanka Sudan Suriname Swaziland Sweden Switzerland Syria Tajikistan Tanzania Thailand Timor-Leste Togo Tonga Trinidad/Tob. Tunisia Turkey Turkmenistan Uganda Ukraine United Kingdom United States Uruguay Uzbekistan Vanuatu Venezuela Viet Nam Yemen Zambia Zimbabwe
DYNAMIC PYRAMIDS
Data Source: United Nations
Costa Rica Population Pyramid
5,772,686
Created with Raphaël 2.2.0 95+ 90-94 85-89 80-84 75-79 70-74 65-69 60-64 55-59 50-54 45-49 40-44 35-39 30-34 25-29 20-24 15-19 10-14 5-9 0-42.5%2.5%5%5%7.5%7.5%
DR Congo Population Pyramid
194,488,663
Created with Raphaël 2.2.0 95+ 90-94 85-89 80-84 75-79 70-74 65-69 60-64 55-59 50-54 45-49 40-44 35-39 30-34 25-29 20-24 15-19 10-14 5-9 0-42.5%2.5%5%5%7.5%7.5%
LIFE EXPECTANCY HISTORY
GOOD
 
 
 
POOR
  Costa Rica COSTA RICA   DR Congo DR CONGO
  Costa Rica COSTA RICA   DR Congo DR CONGO
       
World Rank
       
World Rank
  M F All M F All   M F All M F All
1960
60.5
63.3
61.9
56
54
56
 
39.9
43.1
41.4
143
135
140
1970
65.2
69.1
67.1
46
49
48
 
43.6
46.8
45.2
143
141
141
1980
70.5
75.0
72.7
18
30
24
 
46.2
49.4
47.8
154
149
152
1990
73.5
78.2
75.8
12
23
17
 
44.4
48.3
46.3
174
172
174
2000
75.3
80.0
77.6
19
25
21
 
49.8
52.7
51.3
160
160
159
2010
75.6
80.7
78.1
33
31
31
 
55.9
59.0
57.4
164
160
163
2019
78.3
83.4
80.8
32
27
30
 
60.0
64.8
62.4
170
165
170
LIFE EXPECTANCY BY AGE
GOOD
 
 
 
POOR
  Costa Rica COSTA RICA   DR Congo DR CONGO
      World Rank       World Rank
  M F M F M F M F
At Birth
78.3
83.4
32
27
60.0
64.8
170
165
Age
78.3
83.4
32
27
60.0
64.8
170
165
Age 5
79.0
84.1
28
21
66.0
70.3
161
156
Age 10
79.1
84.2
28
21
66.7
71.0
159
153
Age 15
79.2
84.2
28
20
67.4
71.5
157
153
Age 20
79.5
84.3
28
20
67.8
71.8
158
153
Age 25
80.0
84.4
25
18
68.3
72.2
157
153
Age 30
80.4
84.6
23
16
68.8
72.6
157
154
Age 35
80.8
84.7
20
15
69.4
73.1
157
156
Age 40
81.2
84.9
20
15
70.1
73.7
157
157
Age 45
81.7
85.2
15
13
71.0
74.5
158
158
Age 50
82.2
85.5
14
11
72.2
75.4
158
157
Age 55
82.8
85.9
12
11
73.6
76.5
160
156
Age 60
83.6
86.4
10
11
75.4
77.9
160
157
Age 65
84.7
87.2
5
8
77.5
79.6
159
155
Age 70
85.9
88.0
5
8
80.0
81.5
156
154
Age 75
87.3
89.1
4
7
82.8
83.9
152
147
Age 80
89.1
90.5
6
7
85.9
86.7
148
143
Age 85
91.3
92.3
11
6
89.4
90.0
139
137
TOP 50 CAUSES OF DEATH
AGE-STANDARDIZED DEATH RATE
PER 100,000 POPULATION
GOOD
 
 
 
POOR
  Costa Rica COSTA RICA   DR Congo DR CONGO
TOP 50 CAUSES OF DEATH Rate World Rank Rate World Rank
1. Coronary Heart Disease
40.74
171
108.48
92
2. Stroke
24.44
158
112.53
56
3. Kidney Disease
23.41
90
24.38
79
4. Prostate Cancer
15.36
98
31.05
27
5. Lung Disease
15.14
143
44.15
23
6. Diabetes Mellitus
14.87
125
36.82
69
7. Road Traffic Accidents
14.00
103
39.80
25
8. Influenza and Pneumonia
13.17
146
117.32
16
9. Hypertension
12.84
115
50.51
14
10. Violence
12.02
40
16.45
27
11. Breast Cancer
11.97
140
15.42
112
12. Alzheimers & Dementia
11.59
153
19.83
52
13. Stomach Cancer
10.69
34
6.55
82
14. Colon-Rectum Cancers
10.02
75
9.05
87
15. Other Injuries
8.81
79
12.62
40
16. Suicide
7.62
107
12.41
45
17. Congenital Anomalies
6.46
68
7.74
35
18. Liver Disease
6.24
156
36.25
41
19. Liver Cancer
6.19
70
9.59
31
20. Lymphomas
5.89
48
4.48
101
21. Lung Cancers
5.56
134
3.48
152
22. Cervical Cancer
5.34
121
22.64
30
23. Pancreas Cancer
4.73
71
2.92
114
24. Leukemia
4.57
39
3.40
102
25. Other Neoplasms
4.26
19
0.25
151
26. HIV/AIDS
3.47
85
19.43
44
27. Low Birth Weight
3.45
117
11.44
22
28. Inflammatory/Heart
3.09
134
9.82
29
29. Endocrine Disorders
3.05
107
10.69
18
30. Ovary Cancer
2.60
160
3.08
143
31. Uterin Cancer
2.50
80
1.91
111
32. Alcohol
2.21
55
1.51
82
33. Parkinson's Disease
2.10
159
3.70
117
34. Skin Cancers
2.09
79
2.16
74
35. Epilepsy
1.97
71
2.36
50
36. Falls
1.90
175
8.41
41
37. Skin Disease
1.88
76
1.81
79
38. Drownings
1.86
119
3.10
72
39. Oral Cancer
1.60
153
2.21
121
40. Bladder Cancer
1.52
126
0.78
167
41. Diarrhoeal diseases
1.36
121
55.99
28
42. Peptic Ulcer Disease
1.16
146
5.00
58
43. Drug Use
1.10
105
1.25
88
44. Asthma
1.02
134
20.76
18
45. Oesophagus Cancer
0.96
157
2.18
101
46. Birth Trauma
0.93
125
10.95
18
47. Rheumatoid Arthritis
0.85
13
0.63
32
48. Malnutrition
0.57
112
11.91
24
49. Tuberculosis
0.53
139
79.20
9
50. Rheumatic Heart Disease
0.53
154
4.14
24
TOTAL DEATHS BY CAUSE
PERCENT TOP 50 CAUSES
  Costa Rica COSTA RICA   DR Congo DR CONGO
  Deaths % Deaths %
1. Coronary Heart Disease
2,639
13.10
34,713
5.28
2. Stroke
1,624
8.06
36,596
5.56
3. Kidney Disease
1,482
7.35
9,077
1.38
4. Lung Disease
1,046
5.19
13,527
2.06
5. Diabetes Mellitus
953
4.73
12,902
1.96
6. Hypertension
863
4.28
15,743
2.39
7. Influenza and Pneumonia
836
4.15
73,546
11.18
8. Alzheimers & Dementia
818
4.06
4,548
0.69
9. Road Traffic Accidents
746
3.70
30,256
4.60
10. Stomach Cancer
661
3.28
2,579
0.39
11. Violence
635
3.15
11,120
1.69
12. Colon-Rectum Cancers
621
3.08
2,966
0.45
13. Other Injuries
571
2.83
8,272
1.26
14. Prostate Cancer
448
2.22
3,948
0.60
15. Suicide
407
2.02
5,812
0.88
16. Breast Cancer
384
1.91
3,416
0.52
17. Liver Cancer
382
1.90
3,840
0.58
18. Liver Disease
370
1.84
15,044
2.29
19. Lymphomas
356
1.77
2,061
0.31
20. Lung Cancers
343
1.70
1,158
0.18
21. Congenital Anomalies
315
1.56
16,256
2.47
22. Pancreas Cancer
294
1.46
1,017
0.15
23. Other Neoplasms
266
1.32
88
0.01
24. Leukemia
262
1.30
1,871
0.28
25. HIV/AIDS
192
0.95
13,286
2.02
26. Inflammatory/Heart
191
0.95
4,045
0.61
27. Endocrine Disorders
183
0.91
7,380
1.12
28. Low Birth Weight
178
0.88
34,668
5.27
29. Cervical Cancer
159
0.79
4,823
0.73
30. Parkinson's Disease
138
0.68
1,035
0.16
31. Skin Cancers
137
0.68
765
0.12
32. Skin Disease
126
0.63
781
0.12
33. Alcohol
126
0.63
635
0.10
34. Falls
116
0.58
3,483
0.53
35. Epilepsy
116
0.58
1,727
0.26
36. Bladder Cancer
100
0.50
270
0.04
37. Drownings
97
0.48
3,454
0.52
38. Oral Cancer
96
0.48
1,003
0.15
39. Diarrhoeal diseases
87
0.43
41,301
6.28
40. Uterin Cancer
80
0.40
352
0.05
41. Ovary Cancer
80
0.40
656
0.10
42. Peptic Ulcer Disease
74
0.37
1,923
0.29
43. Drug Use
63
0.31
638
0.10
44. Oesophagus Cancer
61
0.30
790
0.12
45. Asthma
60
0.30
7,733
1.18
46. Rheumatoid Arthritis
55
0.27
217
0.03
47. Birth Trauma
48
0.24
33,075
5.03
48. Malnutrition
37
0.18
8,910
1.35
49. Rheumatic Heart Disease
32
0.16
1,728
0.26
50. Tuberculosis
32
0.16
43,759
6.65
CANCER RANK BY TYPE
AGE-STANDARDIZED DEATH RATE
PER 100,000 POPULATION
GOOD
 
 
 
POOR
  Costa Rica COSTA RICA   DR Congo DR CONGO
  Rate World Rank Rate World Rank
1. Prostate Cancer
15.36
98
31.05
27
2. Breast Cancer
11.97
140
15.42
112
3. Stomach Cancer
10.69
34
6.55
82
4. Colon-Rectum Cancers
10.02
75
9.05
87
5. Liver Cancer
6.19
70
9.59
31
6. Lymphomas
5.89
48
4.48
101
7. Lung Cancers
5.56
134
3.48
152
8. Cervical Cancer
5.34
121
22.64
30
9. Pancreas Cancer
4.73
71
2.92
114
10. Leukemia
4.57
39
3.40
102
11. Ovary Cancer
2.60
160
3.08
143
12. Uterin Cancer
2.50
80
1.91
111
13. Skin Cancers
2.09
79
2.16
74
14. Oral Cancer
1.60
153
2.21
121
15. Bladder Cancer
1.52
126
0.78
167
16. Oesophagus Cancer
0.96
157
2.18
101
Data rounded. Decimals affect ranking.
Data Source: WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION 2020
Data Accuracy Not Guaranteed
WHO Excludes Cause of Death Data For the following countries: Andorra, Cook Islands, Dominica, Marshall Islands, Monaco, Nauru, Niue, Palau, Saint Kitts, San Marino, Tuvalu.